86 "Yet this Magisterium is not superior to the Word of God, but is its servant. It teaches only what has been handed on to it. At the divine command and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it listens to this devotedly, guards it with dedication and expounds it faithfully. All that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed is drawn from this single deposit of faith."48
My eyes don't believe what I'm reading. Do you not understand English grammar? The "an" is used as it comes before a word beginning with a vowel.
So you're saying there is more than one interpretation????
I was responding to your challenge to the other poster of documenting their statement. No, I didn't add the next part as it was not needed to answer your question. Notice I also didn't post the rest of the catechism either. So what?
Seems catholics don't like what's said about their church to be posted in the light of day. I'll repost the conversation for the record.
>Rome says scripture can only be interpreted by the church..not individuals
VERGA: Document or retract. This is the biggest load of hogwash I have heard in a while.
85 "The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority in this matter is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ."47 This means that the task of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s1c2a2.htm
Problem is that they can't prove that what they call "tradition" is exactly what the apostles called "tradition". So it leaves Catholics taking the words of fallible men. No different then Muslims, Mormons, Seventh day Adventists etc.